VPRS 14412 Register of Applications, Kerang, Mallee Lands (Kerang District Land Office)

Mallee lands were classified as those in the Mallee region of Victoria and those on the Mallee border in the Land Districts of Horsham, Kerang and St Arnaud. This series consists of Registers of Applications for a lease of or a licence to occupy Mallee lands in the St Arnaud Land District. They relate to applications for Mallee allotments under Section 15 of the Mallee Pastoral Leases Act 1883 and Section 157 of the Land Act 1890, and applications for agricultural allotments of Mallee lands under Section 3 of the The Mallee Act 1889 (Sections 7 and 19 Mallee Lands Act 1896 and Sections 217 and 218 of the Land Act 1901. Details in these registers were sent to the Mallee Division of the Occupation Branch of VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey for registration in other registers there (see VPRS 14405 and VPRS 14367).Details given are the allocated file number, the name and location of the applicant, the location of the land (often given as county rather than parish) and its area and the decision of a Local Lands Board. The remarks column was used for notations relating to the receipt and sending of correspondence and the management of the file.Sections 15 to 17 of the Mallee Pastoral Leases Act 1883 (subsequently Section 157, Land Act 1890) set out the terms and conditions for these leases. Mallee allotments were to be for not more than twenty years, with half a year's rent being payable in advance. At the end of the lease, the land and all improvements were to revert to the Crown. Existing occupiers of the land were entitled to the lease of one Mallee allotment if they applied within one month. Otherwise, the land was to become part of that generally available. By the 1890 Land Act, the area of all allotments held by one person was not to exceed 20,000 acres.Section 3 of The Mallee Act 1889 permitted lessees of Mallee allotments to select an area of up to 320 acres out of that allotment as an agricultural allotment. The conditions were to be the same as those pertaining to agricultural allotments in the Land Act 1884. Section 19 of the Mallee Lands Act 1896 continued this provision with the maximum amount of land able to be licensed or leased as an agricultural allotment being 640 acres. The same privilege of selection of an agricultural allotment from Mallee lands was extended to non-Mallee allotment lessees in Section 7 of this same Act, with lessees able to select outside their leased areas.Unit 1 of VPRS 14412 / P1 was previously registered as Unit 1 of VPRS 6547/P Application Registers - Mallee Allotments. Unit 2 was previously registered as Unit 2 of VPRS 457 / P Application Registers, Section 3, Mallee Land Act. Unit 3 was previously registered as Unit 32 of VPRS 10078 / P.

马利土地（Mallee lands）被划分为维多利亚州马利地区内的土地，以及位于霍舍姆（Horsham）、凯朗（Kerang）和圣阿诺（St Arnaud）土地区内的马利边境地带土地。本档案系列包含圣阿诺土地区内马利土地租赁或占用许可申请登记簿。此类申请涵盖两类：一是根据1883年《马利畜牧租赁法》（Mallee Pastoral Leases Act 1883）第15条以及1890年《土地法》（Land Act 1890）第157条提出的马利地块申请；二是根据1889年《马利法》（Mallee Act 1889）第3条（对应1896年《马利土地法》（Mallee Lands Act 1896）第7、19条，以及1901年《土地法》第217、218条）提出的马利土地农业地块申请。本登记簿中的相关信息将被报送至VA 538王室土地与测量部（Department of Crown Lands and Survey）占用分支马利分部，用于在该分部的其他登记簿中进行登记（详见VPRS 14405与VPRS 14367）。登记簿所载信息包括分配档案编号、申请人姓名与地址、土地位置（通常以郡而非教区标注）、土地面积，以及地方土地委员会的裁决结果。备注栏用于记录与函件收发及档案管理相关的批注。1883年《马利畜牧租赁法》第15至17条（后调整为1890年《土地法》第157条）规定了此类租赁的条款与条件。马利地块的租赁期限不得超过20年，且需提前预付半年租金。租赁期满后，土地及所有地上改良设施均需归还王室。现有土地占用者若在1个月内提出申请，可获得一处马利地块的租赁权；否则该地块将纳入公开可分配土地范围。根据1890年《土地法》，个人持有的所有地块总面积不得超过20000英亩。1889年《马利法》第3条允许马利地块承租人从其所持地块中选取最多320英亩土地作为农业地块，相关条件与1884年《土地法》中农业地块的规定一致。1896年《马利土地法》第19条延续了这一规定，将农业地块的许可或租赁最大面积调整为640英亩。该法第7条进一步将此项从马利土地中选取农业地块的特权扩展至非马利地块承租人，承租人可在其租赁范围外选取地块。VPRS 14412/P1的第1单元此前登记为VPRS 6547/P《马利地块申请登记簿》第1单元；VPRS 14412/P1的第2单元此前登记为VPRS 457/P《马利土地法第3条申请登记簿》第2单元；VPRS 14412/P1的第3单元此前登记为VPRS 10078/P第32单元。